WINTER
There are many waterfalls throughout the vale of Neath (see also our WATERFALL PAGE), also known as "waterfall country" and are all well worth visiting, such as the spectacular Sgwd Gwladys falls taken in the harsh Winter of 2010
The first waterfall you'll encounter is Sgwd Gwladys. It is formed by water flowing over hard sandstone into a plunge pool below made up of soft mud rock - and after all these years it's still work in progress.
The rock is continuously eroding (with this particular waterfall, 1.3 metres of rock is eroded approximately every 1000 years).
During successive ice ages in the last couple of million years the Vale of Neath has been gouged out by glacial ice so that its floor is hundreds of metres lower than it would have been prior to the ice ages. this has resulted in the various tributary rivers of the Neath (Mellte, Hepste, Nedd Fechan etc) being rejuvenated - cutting down into their beds to form the deep gorges characteristic of Waterfall Country
St.Catwg Church, Cadoxton
